Question reference: S5W-00280
- Asked by: Ivan McKee, MSP for Glasgow Provan, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 26 May 2016
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Current status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 3 June 2016
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many recipients there have been of the small business bonus scheme in each year since it was introduced.
Answer
The number of properties estimated to have benefited each year from the small business bonus scheme, since it began in 2008-09, is shown in the following table. Figures for 2016-17 are due to be published in October 2016.
| 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 |
| 64,179 | 73,939 | 80,021 | 85,199 | 89,087 | 92,381 | 96,265 | 99,559 |